function show_calendar(str_target, str_date) {
	var arr_months = ["January", "February", "March", "April", "May", "June",
		"July", "August", "September", "October", "November", "December"];
	var week_days = ["Su", "Mo", "Tu", "We", "Th", "Fr", "Sa"];
	var n_weekstart = 0; // day week starts from (normally 0 or 1)
	var dt_date = (str_date == null || str_date =="" ?  new Date() : str2dt(str_date));
	var dt_prev_month = new Date(dt_date);
	dt_prev_month.setMonth(dt_date.getMonth()-1);
	var dt_next_month = new Date(dt_date);
	dt_next_month.setMonth(dt_date.getMonth()+1);
	var dt_firstday = new Date(dt_date);
	dt_firstday.setDate(1);
	dt_firstday.setDate(1-(7+dt_firstday.getDay()-n_weekstart)%7);
	var dt_lastday = new Date(dt_next_month);
	dt_lastday.setDate(0);

	// html generation (feel free to tune it for your particular application)
	// print calendar header
	var str_buffer = new String (
		"<html>\n"+
		"<head>\n"+
		"	<title>Calendar</title>\n"+
		"</head>\n"+
		"<body bgcolor=\"#b7bdc7\">\n"+
		"<table class=\"clsOTable\" cellspacing=\"0\" border=\"0\" width=\"100%\">\n"+
		"<tr><td bgcolor=\"#565353\">\n"+
		"<table cellspacing=\"1\" cellpadding=\"2\" border=\"0\" width=\"100%\">\n"+
		"<tr>\n	<td bgcolor=\"#565353\"><a href=\"javascript:window.opener.show_calendar('"+
		str_target+"', '"+ dt2dtstr(dt_prev_month)+"');\">"+
		"<font color=\"#ff9900\" face=\"verdana, verdanas\" size=\"1\"><<</font></a></td>\n"+
		"	<td bgcolor=\"#565353\" colspan=\"5\" align=\"center\">"+
		"<font color=\"#ff9900\" face=\"verdana, verdanas\" size=\"1\">"
		+arr_months[dt_date.getMonth()]+" "+dt_date.getFullYear()+"</font></td>\n"+
		"	<td bgcolor=\"#565353\" align=\"right\"><a href=\"javascript:window.opener.show_calendar('"
		+str_target+"', '"+dt2dtstr(dt_next_month)+"');\">"+
		"<font color=\"#ff9900\" face=\"verdana, verdanas\" size=\"1\">>></font></a></td>\n</tr>\n"
	);
	
	var dt_current_day = new Date(dt_firstday);
	// print weekdays titles
	str_buffer += "<tr>\n";
	for (var n=0; n<7; n++)
		str_buffer += "	<td bgcolor=\"#9da2af\" align=\"center\">"+
		"<font color=\"white\" face=\"verdana, verdanas\" size=\"1\">"+
		week_days[(n_weekstart+n)%7]+"</font></td>\n";
	// print calendar table
	str_buffer += "</tr>\n";
	while (dt_current_day.getMonth() == dt_date.getMonth() ||
		dt_current_day.getMonth() == dt_firstday.getMonth()) {
		// print row heder
		str_buffer += "<tr>\n";
		for (var n_current_wday=0; n_current_wday<7; n_current_wday++) {
				if (dt_current_day.getDate() == dt_date.getDate() &&
					dt_current_day.getMonth() == dt_date.getMonth())
					// print current date
					str_buffer += "	<td bgcolor=\"#ff9900\" align=\"right\">";
				else if (dt_current_day.getDay() == 0 || dt_current_day.getDay() == 6)
					// weekend days
					str_buffer += "	<td bgcolor=\"#b7bdc7\" align=\"right\">";
				else
					// print working days of current month
					str_buffer += "	<td bgcolor=\"#dddddd\" align=\"right\">";
				if (dt_current_day.getMonth() == dt_date.getMonth())
					// print days of current month
					str_buffer += "<a href=\"javascript:window.opener."+str_target+
					".value='"+dt2dtstr(dt_current_day)+"'; window.close();\">"+
					"<font color=\"black\" face=\"verdana, verdanas\" size=\"1\">";
				else 
					// print days of other months
					str_buffer += "<a href=\"javascript:window.opener."+str_target+
					".value='"+dt2dtstr(dt_current_day)+"'; window.close();\">"+
					"<font color=\"gray\" face=\"verdana, verdanas\" size=\"1\">";
				str_buffer += dt_current_day.getDate()+"</font></a></td>\n";
				dt_current_day.setDate(dt_current_day.getDate()+1);
		}
		// print row footer
		str_buffer += "</tr>\n";
	}
	// print calendar footer
	str_buffer +=
		"</table>\n" +
		"</tr>\n</td>\n</table>\n" +
		"</body>\n" +
		"</html>\n";

	var vWinCal = window.open("", "Calendar", 
		"width=230,height=170,status=no,resizable=yes,top=220,left=220");
	vWinCal.opener = self;
	var calc_doc = vWinCal.document;
	calc_doc.write (str_buffer);
	calc_doc.close();
}

// date parsing and formatting routines. modify them if you wish other date format
function str2dt (str_date) {
	var re_date = /^(\d+)\/(\d+)\/(\d+)$/;
	if (!re_date.exec(str_date))
		return alert("Invalid Date format: "+ str_date);
	return (new Date (RegExp.$3, RegExp.$2-1, RegExp.$1));
}

function dt2dtstr (dt_date) {
	return (new String (
			dt_date.getDate()+"/"+(dt_date.getMonth()+1)+"/"+dt_date.getFullYear()));

}


